# Font size recently increased on meta? (on desktop)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [May 21, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914 "2024-05-21T20:18:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@schneeland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schneeland)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914/1 "2024-05-21T20:18:23Z")
I was wondering: was the font size here on meta (with default theme) increased in the past one or two days? Things feel a bit oversized now (see screenshot).
Strangely, I see this only on desktop, but not on my iPads.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914/2 "2024-05-21T20:25:52Z")
Yes, fonts are 1px larger now. This change was made here:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5c09792f79f40b057f5da9a38de71b3ec2d2241d](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5c09792f79f40b057f5da9a38de71b3ec2d2241d)
Generally 16px is the browser default, and this is considered a good starting point for accessibility. [Minimum font size? | Accessible Web](https://accessibleweb.com/question-answer/minimum-font-size/)
If the smaller 15px size is preferred, this can be changed in a theme by adding:
```scss
:root {
--base-font-size: 0.938em; // eq. to 15px
--base-font-size-larger: 1.063em; // eq. to 17px
--base-font-size-largest: 1.118em; // eq. to 19px
}
```
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914/3 "2024-05-21T20:34:18Z")
Is this why the codeblocks look a bit different too?
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914/4 "2024-05-21T20:35:23Z")
_Maybe_ but do you know what specifically is different?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914/5 "2024-05-21T20:37:51Z")
Um… That’s harder to pin down. 🙂 I thought they were a different font for a bit. Or maybe bolder. They don’t seem as blended into their surroundings as they used to.
I remembered I haven’t updated my test site for a bit:
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### Author:  [@schneeland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schneeland)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/font-size-recently-increased-on-meta-on-desktop/308914/6 "2024-05-21T21:12:08Z")
Ok, thanks! Then I didn’t just imagine that 🙂
I think for the most part, it will just require a bit of time to get used to it. I do feel the entries in the thread list are a bit large now, though (according to Chrome, they are 18.4px).
And unfortunately, stepping everything down by one step in the settings is too small again. Maybe it would be worth having a more granular control? 🤔
(as you say, on sites I control, I could adjust the theme, but on those where I’m just a member I don’t have that level of control)